The latest Marvel Comics superhero to hit the big screen is Daredevil (Ben Affleck), a man blinded by a radioactive chemical accident as a young boy but left with superhuman senses and agile acrobatic ability. Like his Marvel compatriot Spider-Man, Daredevil attempts to lead a normal life by day as Matt Murdock, a Hell's Kitchen defense attorney. By night Matt becomes Daredevil, a brooding superhero fighting for justice in the dark and squalid New York streets overrun with vermin and criminal injustice. Wearing a red leather suit and mask, Daredevil leaps from high skyscrapers and tracks his enemies with his radar-like vision, punishing those who are guilty but who he cannot tackle in the courtroom. At the center of the city's villainous underbelly is Daredevil's nemesis Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan), and his psychotic, knife-wielding deputy-assassin Bullseye (Colin Farrell). Daredevil fights their powerful forces alone, until he meets Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner of ALIAS fame), a skilled martial artist and sexy superheroine who is after Bullseye and Kingpin for murdering her father. Sparks fly as the two heroes take on the underlords of crime together in this action-packed adventure fantasy that will surely delight fans of SPIDER-MAN, X-MEN, or BATMAN.
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 2003
Blu-ray Disc Features:
NTSC
Director's Cut
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
5.1 DTS Master Audio - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround 5.1 - French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: "Shadow World Tour"
Alternate Subtitles:
1. Text Commentary
Music Video:
1. "Won't Back Down" by Fuel
2. "For You" by The Calling
3. "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence
4. Music Promotion Spot
Trailers:
1. 28 DAYS LATER, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
2. DAREDEVIL (3)
Documentary:
1. BEYOND HELL'S KITCHEN: MAKING DAREDEVIL
2. THE COMIC BOOK MEN WITHOUT FEAR: CREATING DAREDEVIL
Audio Commentary:
1. Mark Steven Johnson - Director and Gary Foster - Producer
2. Mark Steven Johnson and Avi Arad
Interactive Features:
Multiple Angles: Daredevil/Kingpin (6 Takes), Elektra/Bullseye (16 Takes)
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/ Photos - Production Stills
Galleries:
1. Still Gallery
2. Storyboards
3. Costumes
4. Set Design
5. Props
6. Modeling Sheets
Distributor Notes: Featuring Iron Man director John Favreau as Foggy Nelson. For Daredevil, justice is blind, and for the guilty, there's hell to pay! Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner ignite dangerous sparks and nonstop thrills in this "dazzling action-adventure" (The Film Journal) about the newest breed of superhero. By day, blind attorney Matt Murdock (Affleck) toils for justice in Hell's Kitchen. By night, he's Daredevil, The Man Without Fear - a powerful, masked vigilante stalking the dark streets with an uncanny "radar sense" that allows him to "see" with superhuman capabilities. But when the love of his life, fiery Elektra Natchios (Garner), is targeted by New York City's ruthless Kingpin of crime (Michael Clarke Duncan) and his deadly assassin Bullseye (Colin Farrell), Daredevil may be about to meet his match.
Source: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Stars
Ben Affleck: Oscar-winning actor/screenwriter, GOOD WILL HUNTING
Jennifer Garner: American actress, ALIAS
Colin Farrell: Irish actor, TIGERLAND/ALEXANDER
Michael Clarke Duncan: African American actor, THE GREEN MILE
Jon Favreau: American actor/screenwriter/director, SWINGERS
Paul Ben-Victor:
Scott Terra: Actor
Ellen Pompeo: Actress, GREY'S ANATOMY, MOONLIGHT MILE (2002)
Joe Pantoliano: American supporting actor
Leland Orser: Actor/"Cover Story"
Lennie Loftin: ACTOR\UNDERGROUND TERROR
Erick Avari: Actor
Derrick O'Connor:
Director
Mark Steven Johnson: Director/screenwriter, SIMON BURCH/GHOST RIDER
Producer
Arnon Milchan: Producer
Gary Foster: PRODUCER
Avi Arad: Executive producer, many Marvel Comics properties
Screenwriter
Mark Steven Johnson: Director/screenwriter, SIMON BURCH/GHOST RIDER
Composer
Graeme Revell: Score composer
Executive Producer
Bernie Williams: Exectutive Producer, DAREDEVIL (2003)
Executive Producer
Stan Lee: American comic book author/editor, Marvel Comics movies
Director of Photography
Ericson Core: Director Of Photography
Review 1:
"...Mr. Farrell finally gets a chance to uncork the charisma that magazines have been proclaiming....Here, he makes a showpiece of a role with almost no dialogue..."
Source: New York Times
p.E1 02/14/2003
Review 2:
"...An efficient and entertaining adaptation of Marvel Comics' DAREDEVIL...Well crafted..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.35 04/01/2003
Review 3:
"...The movie is, in short, your money's worth, better than we expect, more fun than we deserve..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.29 02/14/2003
Review 4:
"...This is a noirish, faithful conversion that shares a spot-on comics sensibility with its superhero stablemates..."
Source: Total Film
p.112 08/01/2003
Review 5:
"...Affleck is a vision in maroon leather....Jennifer Garner looks equally fetching in a stretchy vinyl ensemble..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C1 02/14/2003